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Thryolhorus martinicensis Sclatek, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, 321 (Martinique, 

 Lesser Antilles; coll. P. L.Sclater).— Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 

 1879, 352 (habits; crit.), 486.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 228.— 

 Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 23; iv, 1887, 95; Birds W. I., 1889, 37; Cat. W. I. Birds, 

 1892, 18, 120, 133. , 



[Thryothorus] martinicensis Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 7.— 

 Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 7. 



[Troglodytes'] martinicensis Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 191, no. 2619. 



Troglodytes martinicensis Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, 1904, 209 

 (crit.). 



TROGLODYTES RUFESCENS (Lawrence). 



DOMINICAN WREN. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Above deep chestnut-brown (between burnt- 

 umber and Vandyke), the back and scapulars sometimes showing very 

 indistinct narrow bars of darker; wing-coverts, secondaries, and tail 

 rather duller chestnut-brown, narrowly barred with dusky; primaries 

 dusky, their outer webs spotted or broadly barred with brown; an 

 indistinct superciliary stripe of light russet or buffy cinnamon; rest of 

 sides of head similar but more or less obscured by indistinct brownish 

 streaking, the upper portion of the auricular region with brown pre- 

 vailing; under parts deep buff-tawny, or between cinnamon>nd cina- 

 mon-rufous, slightly paler on chin, throat, and center of abdomen, 

 deeper (cinnamon-rufous) on flanks; under tail-coverts broadly barred 

 with dusky; maxilla brownish black or dusky horn color, with paler 

 tomia; mandible dull yellowish (in dried skins); legs and feet light 

 brownish or horn color. 



Young. — Similar to adults, but upper parts darker and duller brown 

 (vandyke), and feathers of under parts of body (especially the flanks) 

 narrowly margined with dusky. 



.4(^mZ# w-ffife.— Length (skins), 113-126 (120.6); wing, 51-52.5 (51.5); 

 tail, 37.5-40 (38.8); exposed culmen, 15-16 (15.3); tarsus, 19.5-20 

 (19.8); middle toe, 13-14.5 (13.8)." 



Island of Dominica, Lesser Antilles. 



Thryothors .rufescens Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., i, Oct., 1877, 47 

 (Dominica, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 i, 1878, 54 (Dominica; (descr. nest), 486, part (Dominica). — Shakpe, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 228.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 24, part (Dominica); 

 Birds W. I., 1889, 38; Cat. AV. I. Birds, 1892, 18, 120, part (Dominica).— 

 Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 326 (Dominica). 



[Thryothorus'] rufescens Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 7, part (Dominica). 



Troglodytes rufescens Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, no. 1354, Jan. 

 23, 1904, 210 (crit.). 



a Three specimens. No females seen by me, most of the specimens examined 

 having sex undetermined. 



